AKP and CHP votes drop in latest election poll: The rate of those saying 'I will not vote' draws attention

While the discussions on early elections that began following the March 31 local elections continue to remain on the agenda, public opinion research companies are also continuing their polling efforts.

Most recently, Aksoy Research shared the results of its public opinion poll conducted in September.

In a survey conducted with 1,537 people across all 81 provinces of Turkey, participants were asked, "If a parliamentary election were held this Sunday, which party would you vote for?"

According to the survey results, it was observed that both the AKP and the CHP experienced a decline compared to the vote shares they received in the local elections.

Aksoy Research shared its general election poll with the note: “The research was conducted in all 81 provinces of Turkey with a sample size of 1537, at a 95% confidence interval and a 2.5% margin of error. The distribution of the parties' vote shares is as follows.”

Here are the parties' vote shares before the undecided voters are redistributed

CHP: 29.1 percent

AKP: 26.7 percent

MHP: 8.5 percent

I will not vote: 7.9 percent

DEM Party: 7.8 percent

Undecided: 4.7 percent

İYİ Party: 3.8 percent

New Welfare Party: 3.7 percent

Other: 3.1 percent

Victory Party: 3 percent

Workers' Party of Turkey: 1.3 percent

Saadet Party: 0.4 percent

After the undecided voters were redistributed, the results were as follows:

CHP: 32.6 percent

AKP: 30.5 percent

MHP: 9.9 percent

DEM Party: 8.3 percent

İYİ Party: 4.7 percent

New Welfare Party: 4.3 percent

Other: 4.1 percent

Zafer Party: 3.5 percent

Workers' Party of Turkey: 1.6 percent

Saadet Party: 0.5 percent